4755-23-02
Educational requirements.

(A)
To
be eligible for examination or licensure as a physical therapist, an applicant
must complete a program in physical therapy accredited by the commission on
accreditation of physical therapy education that includes:

(1)
A minimum of one hundred twenty academic
semester credits, or the equivalent academic quarter hours, with a specific
distribution in humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, and other
physical sciences;

(B)
To be eligible for examination
or licensure as a physical therapist assistant an applicant must provide
evidence that he/she satisfactorily completed a two-year program for physical
therapist assistants accredited by the commission on accreditation of physical
therapy education. The educational program shall include all clinical education
curriculum requirements and courses in anatomical, biological, and other
physical sciences and a distribution of course work as found in an accredited
physical therapist assistant program.

(C)
In accordance with division (A)(4) of
section 4755.45 and division (D) of
section 4755.451 of the Revised Code, an
applicant holding a license or registration to practice as a physical therapist
or physical therapist assistant in another state or foreign country is eligible
for licensure in Ohio if the applicant's education is reasonably equivalent to
the educational requirements that were in force for licensure in Ohio on the
date of the applicant's initial licensure or registration in the other state or
foreign country.